Hurricane Matthew

Apexgigi · Oct 8, 2016

If you have ppl who evacuated an area under evac orders..........they are NOT to return til order is lifted............pass it on

Soflanick · Oct 8, 2016

We got very lucky in Broward

DrFunker · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ said: ↑

This is what I hate so bad My Dad told me this morning that some looting started yesterday morning in Rockledge Fl....

Florida Police Officers Arrest Store Owner After Killing Looter

In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, estimated to be one of the most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States in decades, 31- individuals have been confirmed dead after a group of store owners within a Florida strip mall engaged in a deadly shootout with looters.

The incident occurred this morning at approximately 10:00 AM when a large group of 42-looters attempted to forcefully steal from businesses at the Willow Brook shopping center located just outside of Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Willow Brook shopping center is comprised of 9 primarily small independently owned local businesses including a discount clothing store, tanning salon, karate studio, smoke shop, and Mexican restaurant. According to Conner Olsen, the co-owner of ‘Gadgets’ a small electronics store located in the strip mall, the owners of all 9-businesses located at Willow Brook briefly met Wednesday night and unanimously decided to forego evacuation and defend their businesses against looters.

Olsen told reporters, “As a small business owner who (has) lived in Florida his entire, I’m no stranger to natural disasters and the tragedy they bring. I’ve gone through this before and have been looted – completely cleaned out. In our current economy my business just couldn’t survive large scale theft and vandalism. My options were to fight for my business or go bankrupt – I can’t feed my wife and 3 children with thoughts and prayers”.

As Florida residents grew increasingly concerned about the damages Hurricane Matthew promised to deliver, small business owners became even more concerned when several members of the Black Lives Matter movement took to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce their intentions to loot businessesonce the hurricane hit.

According to police and witness reports, the large group of would-be-looters arrived at the Willow Brook shopping center by foot around 10:00 AM and were instantly greeted in the strip mall’s parking-lot by approximately 27-individuals who owned or were employed at the nearby businesses. The two-groups engaged in verbal confrontation that quickly turned violent when 3 of the looters picked up a concrete trash can and attempted to throw it through the window of Golden Breeze Tanning Salon.

Violence erupted further when a store owner who has since been identified as Bryan Wilkins retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from a concealed holster and began firing rounds into the crowd of looters. According to witnesses, multiple individuals within the group of looters began returning fire. Several of the store-owners were armed and started shooting the looters while taking cover behind nearby vehicles and buildings.

According to police reports, the shootout lasted approximately 4-minutes and resulted in the deaths of 31-individuals; 12 store owners and or store employees and 19 would be looters. Chief of Police Daniel Griffin made the following statement during an afternoon press-conference, “What occurred at the Willow Brook shopping center today was unnecessary and nothing short of a tragedy. During these difficult and trying times we plead with you to help your neighbors and community members. We urge you to look out for and take care of each other not rob, steal, and shoot at each other. While the effects of Hurricane Matthew are undoubtedly devastating – we are a strong community and we will get through this by working together”.

At the time of this article, no arrests have been made in connection with the Willow Brook shopping center shooting, however, according to reports, the remaining 38-individuals involved in the shooting are being held pending further investigation.
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gun battle.

Apexgigi · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ said: ↑

This is what I hate so bad My Dad told me this morning that some looting started yesterday morning in Rockledge Fl....

Florida Police Officers Arrest Store Owner After Killing Looter

In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, estimated to be one of the most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States in decades, 31- individuals have been confirmed dead after a group of store owners within a Florida strip mall engaged in a deadly shootout with looters.

The incident occurred this morning at approximately 10:00 AM when a large group of 42-looters attempted to forcefully steal from businesses at the Willow Brook shopping center located just outside of Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Willow Brook shopping center is comprised of 9 primarily small independently owned local businesses including a discount clothing store, tanning salon, karate studio, smoke shop, and Mexican restaurant. According to Conner Olsen, the co-owner of ‘Gadgets’ a small electronics store located in the strip mall, the owners of all 9-businesses located at Willow Brook briefly met Wednesday night and unanimously decided to forego evacuation and defend their businesses against looters.

Olsen told reporters, “As a small business owner who (has) lived in Florida his entire, I’m no stranger to natural disasters and the tragedy they bring. I’ve gone through this before and have been looted – completely cleaned out. In our current economy my business just couldn’t survive large scale theft and vandalism. My options were to fight for my business or go bankrupt – I can’t feed my wife and 3 children with thoughts and prayers”.

As Florida residents grew increasingly concerned about the damages Hurricane Matthew promised to deliver, small business owners became even more concerned when several members of the Black Lives Matter movement took to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce their intentions to loot businessesonce the hurricane hit.

According to police and witness reports, the large group of would-be-looters arrived at the Willow Brook shopping center by foot around 10:00 AM and were instantly greeted in the strip mall’s parking-lot by approximately 27-individuals who owned or were employed at the nearby businesses. The two-groups engaged in verbal confrontation that quickly turned violent when 3 of the looters picked up a concrete trash can and attempted to throw it through the window of Golden Breeze Tanning Salon.

Violence erupted further when a store owner who has since been identified as Bryan Wilkins retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from a concealed holster and began firing rounds into the crowd of looters. According to witnesses, multiple individuals within the group of looters began returning fire. Several of the store-owners were armed and started shooting the looters while taking cover behind nearby vehicles and buildings.

According to police reports, the shootout lasted approximately 4-minutes and resulted in the deaths of 31-individuals; 12 store owners and or store employees and 19 would be looters. Chief of Police Daniel Griffin made the following statement during an afternoon press-conference, “What occurred at the Willow Brook shopping center today was unnecessary and nothing short of a tragedy. During these difficult and trying times we plead with you to help your neighbors and community members. We urge you to look out for and take care of each other not rob, steal, and shoot at each other. While the effects of Hurricane Matthew are undoubtedly devastating – we are a strong community and we will get through this by working together”.

At the time of this article, no arrests have been made in connection with the Willow Brook shopping center shooting, however, according to reports, the remaining 38-individuals involved in the shooting are being held pending further investigation.
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WTF

DrFunker · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ said: ↑

As Florida residents grew increasingly concerned about the damages Hurricane Matthew promised to deliver, small business owners became even more concerned when several members of the Black Lives Matter movement took to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce their intentions to loot businessesonce the hurricane hit.
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This is F'ed up!

ahspurlock · Oct 8, 2016

scottalot said: ↑

Props to @jpneely - was getting texts last night and at 6 am to make sure we made it through the night.
Spoke with @ahspurlock and @EddyRRT as well - good peeps. @Acerwin offered assistance and others did too - I can't even think of all the names to include here .
Thanks everyone for the offers if help and keeping an eye out.
Had offers from @JimBeam and @jhodge83 as well as people as far as Texas like @greeneggsnspam
You all kick ass!

Now - if there's anything I can do to help anyone out around here just reach out - I'll be mobile here in a few hours I'm sure
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Yea so will I looks like it will be move soon so I'll be out and about myself

SC2SC · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ said: ↑

This is what I hate so bad My Dad told me this morning that some looting started yesterday morning in Rockledge Fl....

Florida Police Officers Arrest Store Owner After Killing Looter

In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, estimated to be one of the most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States in decades, 31- individuals have been confirmed dead after a group of store owners within a Florida strip mall engaged in a deadly shootout with looters.

The incident occurred this morning at approximately 10:00 AM when a large group of 42-looters attempted to forcefully steal from businesses at the Willow Brook shopping center located just outside of Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Willow Brook shopping center is comprised of 9 primarily small independently owned local businesses including a discount clothing store, tanning salon, karate studio, smoke shop, and Mexican restaurant. According to Conner Olsen, the co-owner of ‘Gadgets’ a small electronics store located in the strip mall, the owners of all 9-businesses located at Willow Brook briefly met Wednesday night and unanimously decided to forego evacuation and defend their businesses against looters.

Olsen told reporters, “As a small business owner who (has) lived in Florida his entire, I’m no stranger to natural disasters and the tragedy they bring. I’ve gone through this before and have been looted – completely cleaned out. In our current economy my business just couldn’t survive large scale theft and vandalism. My options were to fight for my business or go bankrupt – I can’t feed my wife and 3 children with thoughts and prayers”.

As Florida residents grew increasingly concerned about the damages Hurricane Matthew promised to deliver, small business owners became even more concerned when several members of the Black Lives Matter movement took to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce their intentions to loot businessesonce the hurricane hit.

According to police and witness reports, the large group of would-be-looters arrived at the Willow Brook shopping center by foot around 10:00 AM and were instantly greeted in the strip mall’s parking-lot by approximately 27-individuals who owned or were employed at the nearby businesses. The two-groups engaged in verbal confrontation that quickly turned violent when 3 of the looters picked up a concrete trash can and attempted to throw it through the window of Golden Breeze Tanning Salon.

Violence erupted further when a store owner who has since been identified as Bryan Wilkins retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from a concealed holster and began firing rounds into the crowd of looters. According to witnesses, multiple individuals within the group of looters began returning fire. Several of the store-owners were armed and started shooting the looters while taking cover behind nearby vehicles and buildings.

According to police reports, the shootout lasted approximately 4-minutes and resulted in the deaths of 31-individuals; 12 store owners and or store employees and 19 would be looters. Chief of Police Daniel Griffin made the following statement during an afternoon press-conference, “What occurred at the Willow Brook shopping center today was unnecessary and nothing short of a tragedy. During these difficult and trying times we plead with you to help your neighbors and community members. We urge you to look out for and take care of each other not rob, steal, and shoot at each other. While the effects of Hurricane Matthew are undoubtedly devastating – we are a strong community and we will get through this by working together”.

At the time of this article, no arrests have been made in connection with the Willow Brook shopping center shooting, however, according to reports, the remaining 38-individuals involved in the shooting are being held pending further investigation.
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DrFunker · Oct 8, 2016

Need to get going here.
Hope everyone makes it through in one piece.

iwashmycar · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ · Oct 8, 2016

DrFunker said: ↑

This is F'ed up!
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Yes indeed....

ImpulseRed008 · Oct 8, 2016

DrFunker said: ↑

Wow. Looking at the projected weather on this, you guys will still be feeling the effects of this thing into this evening.

With the worst for Wilmington being mid-late afternoon.
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He can leave NOW!!!! Power was out for over 2 hours, but just came back on now. Over 5.5" of rain and lots of wind. No trees down but lots of leaves, dead branches down. Hope the rest of you in the storm are safe.

scottalot said: ↑

I'm ready for it..
Looking forward to it moving out so I can start cleaning the yard
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Happy that's all you got.

tomwil · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ said: ↑

As Florida residents grew increasingly concerned about the damages Hurricane Matthew promised to deliver, small business owners became even more concerned when several members of the Black Lives Matter movement took to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce their intentions to loot businesses once the hurricane hit
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That BLM movement is really causing the rapid destruction of our country.

Tom Servo · Oct 8, 2016

IPNPULZ said: ↑

This is what I hate so bad My Dad told me this morning that some looting started yesterday morning in Rockledge Fl....

Florida Police Officers Arrest Store Owner After Killing Looter

In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, estimated to be one of the most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States in decades, 31- individuals have been confirmed dead after a group of store owners within a Florida strip mall engaged in a deadly shootout with looters.

The incident occurred this morning at approximately 10:00 AM when a large group of 42-looters attempted to forcefully steal from businesses at the Willow Brook shopping center located just outside of Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Willow Brook shopping center is comprised of 9 primarily small independently owned local businesses including a discount clothing store, tanning salon, karate studio, smoke shop, and Mexican restaurant. According to Conner Olsen, the co-owner of ‘Gadgets’ a small electronics store located in the strip mall, the owners of all 9-businesses located at Willow Brook briefly met Wednesday night and unanimously decided to forego evacuation and defend their businesses against looters.

Olsen told reporters, “As a small business owner who (has) lived in Florida his entire, I’m no stranger to natural disasters and the tragedy they bring. I’ve gone through this before and have been looted – completely cleaned out. In our current economy my business just couldn’t survive large scale theft and vandalism. My options were to fight for my business or go bankrupt – I can’t feed my wife and 3 children with thoughts and prayers”.

As Florida residents grew increasingly concerned about the damages Hurricane Matthew promised to deliver, small business owners became even more concerned when several members of the Black Lives Matter movement took to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce their intentions to loot businessesonce the hurricane hit.

According to police and witness reports, the large group of would-be-looters arrived at the Willow Brook shopping center by foot around 10:00 AM and were instantly greeted in the strip mall’s parking-lot by approximately 27-individuals who owned or were employed at the nearby businesses. The two-groups engaged in verbal confrontation that quickly turned violent when 3 of the looters picked up a concrete trash can and attempted to throw it through the window of Golden Breeze Tanning Salon.

Violence erupted further when a store owner who has since been identified as Bryan Wilkins retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from a concealed holster and began firing rounds into the crowd of looters. According to witnesses, multiple individuals within the group of looters began returning fire. Several of the store-owners were armed and started shooting the looters while taking cover behind nearby vehicles and buildings.

According to police reports, the shootout lasted approximately 4-minutes and resulted in the deaths of 31-individuals; 12 store owners and or store employees and 19 would be looters. Chief of Police Daniel Griffin made the following statement during an afternoon press-conference, “What occurred at the Willow Brook shopping center today was unnecessary and nothing short of a tragedy. During these difficult and trying times we plead with you to help your neighbors and community members. We urge you to look out for and take care of each other not rob, steal, and shoot at each other. While the effects of Hurricane Matthew are undoubtedly devastating – we are a strong community and we will get through this by working together”.

At the time of this article, no arrests have been made in connection with the Willow Brook shopping center shooting, however, according to reports, the remaining 38-individuals involved in the shooting are being held pending further investigation.
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Hoax

IPNPULZ · Oct 8, 2016

Captbuttfloss any reports of douchebagery?

IPNPULZ · Oct 8, 2016

Tom Servo said: ↑

Hoax
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The Boston Trib posted a Hoax?

JeffreyB · Oct 8, 2016

Tom Servo said: ↑

Hoax
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I think it sounds off too, I googled it and the Boston Tribune is the only one running it. Looters standing their ground and having a shoot out? Doesn't sound right to me, they would scatter.

jpneely · Oct 8, 2016

Can people get to goose creek from columbia right now?

dan0mite · Oct 8, 2016

Took a drive then paddled it.

Acerwin · Oct 8, 2016

dan0mite said: ↑

Took a drive then paddled it.

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IPNPULZ · Oct 8, 2016

JeffreyB said: ↑

I think it sounds off too, I googled it and the Boston Tribune is the only one running it. Looters standing their ground and having a shoot out? Doesn't sound right to me, they would scatter.
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After seeing this as well need to check it out...

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